Improved cork-pull



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

KARL LFFLER, 0F HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVED CORK-PU LL.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,241, dated October 30, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KARL LFFLER, of' Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of N ew Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Cork-Puller, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description Figure l represents a side elevation of this invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same, the line x, Fig. 1, indicating the plane of section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a cork-puller, which consists of a thin shank provided at one end with a suitable handle, and at the opposite end withva curved sharp-edged tooth, in such a manner that by passing said tooth down between the cork and the neck of the bottle, and turning it so that the same bears on the under surface of the cork,'said cork can be withdrawn without being` injured; and, furthermore, by the very act of passing the tooth down between the neck of the bottle` and the cork said cork is loosened, and the operation of withdrawing the same is facilitated.

A represents a shank, made of steel or other suitablematerial, of convenient size and len gth. The upper or thick end of this sh ank is secured in a handle, B, of wood or any other suitable* material, and from its under or thin end projects a tooth, a, which is curved, as shown in Fig. 2. The lower end of this tooth is sharp, but its back is dat, so that the same can be readily passed down between the cork and the neck of the bottle, and after it has been passed down below the cork its back can be brought to bea-r on the inner end of the cork, and by pulling on the handle the cork is withdrawn.

By this instrument the corks are lifted intact. They can be used over and over again; and, furthermore, by the act of forcing the tooth down below the neck of the bottle and the -cork said cork is loosened, so that it can be withdrawn with comparatively little exertion.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- A As a new article of manufacture, a cork-puller composed of a thin shank, A, handle B, and a tooth, C, as described.

KARL LOFFLER. Witnesses :A

W. HAUEF, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

